Advertising-chair.



J. T. OCONNOR.

ADVERTISING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1910. RENEWED PEB.18, 1911.

993,391 Patented May 30,1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1911.

Application filed February 28, 1910, Serial No. 546,409. RenewedFebruary 18, 1911. Serial No. 609,339.

To all whom itmay concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES T. OCoxxon, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of 1111- nois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising-Chairs, of

p which the following is ,a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising chairs and has forits object the production of a chair of this nature which shall be ofsimple construction and efficient in its operation. The inventionconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure 1- is a perspective view of a chair embodyingmy invention, Fig. 2is a partial side elevation of a chair with portions broken away, Fig. 3is a section on line m-m of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a partial top plan view ofan arm of the chair'with portions broken away, and Fig. -5 is aperspective view of the upper end of the operating bar of the deviceillustrating the cooperatlon with a ratchet wheel for operating the ad.-vertising sheets.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingscomprises a rocking chair 1 which may be of any usual or desiredconstruction, provided with front and rear posts 2and 3. :One of'therear posts '3. is provided with a vertically, disposed passage orchannel at closed on the rear side by means of a cover plate 4- Inpassage 4 i is mounted a vertically reciprocatory operating bar 5 havingan enlarged lowerand upper end 6 and 7 The lower enlarged end 6 projectsfrom the passage 4 through the bottom of the rocker of the chair tocontact with the floor or other supporting surface upon which the chairrests. A pin" 8, is; passed through passage 4 in position to conn tactwith the lower edge of the upper ens largement 7 to limit the downwardmove ments of bar 5. The upper enlargement 7 carries a gravity operatedpawl 9 adapted to cooperate with a ratchet wheel 10 secured to a shaft11 traversing the-back of the chair.

- with a longitudinally extending channel 13] Each of the arms 12 of thechair is provided communicating at the rear with Qthejcorrespondingpassage 4.. Rollers 14Iare cured at either end of shaft 11 andregistering with the rear ends of channels 13. Idler rollers 15 aremounted in the forward ends of channels 13 and an advertising sheet ispassed over rollers 1-1 and 15 as.

shown. Channels 13 are closed on their upand pawl 9 will operate tocause intermittent rotation of shaft 11 and rollers 15. This causesintermittent feed of advertising sheet 16 so that the advertisementsthereon will be constantly changed as the chair is rocked by anoccupant. It will be observed that the operating mechanism is verysimple and inexpensive of construction and operates without the aid of aspring so that itwill be exceedingly durable and. reliable.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred construction forcarrying my invention into effect, this is capable of varia the spiritof my invention. I therefore do tion or modification without departingfrom not wish to be limited to. the exact details of construction setforth. but desire to avail myself of such variations and modificationsascome within the spirit and scope of the'ap- Having described myinventionwhat and. desire to secure by Lettersf';

pended claims.

claim as new 'Patentis:

1. In a rocking arm-chair, a shaft'traversw' ing the back of. the chair;a pair of rollers carrying an advertising" sheet in each of the arms ofsaid chair, the rear rollers o f-each pair being mountednpon said shaft;a

ratchet. wheel on one of said rear rollers;

and a vertically reciprocatory member adapted to contact with the floorand carrying a pawl arranged to operate, said ratchet wheel,substantially as described.

" 2. In arockin arm-chair provided with a rear post having a verticallydisposed passage, a shaft traversing the back of said chair; a pair of--rollers carrying an advertising sheet in each of the arms of saidchair,

the rear roller-slot pair mounted uppn -.S&id shaft aratchet wheel onone of fun its lower end; a gravity operated pawl at the the downwardmovements of said bar, snbl the rezir rollers; a bar slidable in saidpas- In testimony whereof I have signed my sageand adapted to contactwith the floor at name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribmg witnesses.

JAMES T. OCONNOR.

upper end of said bar adapted to operate said ratchet; and a stopadapted to limit Witnesses:

HELEN F. LILLIs,

stantielly as described. 3 Josnmi R. H. Poms.

